FIU annually hosts the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival in South Beach through the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management a major national culinary event. Post-war history The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 brought 150,000 Cubans to Miami the largest transport in civilian history Unlike the previous exodus of the 1960s most of the Cuban refugees arriving were poor some having been released from prisons or mental institutions to make the trip During this time many of the middle class non-Hispanic whites in the community left the city often referred to as the "white flight" in 1960 Miami was 90% non-Hispanic white but by 1990 it was only about 10% non-Hispanic white. 2 Cities Consulates Legend History Dade County Courthouse built in 1928 is the tallest building built in the 1920s 6.3 Taxis and shuttles Endangered marine species include the manatee seals sea lions turtles and whales Drift net fishing can kill dolphins albatrosses and other seabirds (petrels auks) hastening the fish stock decline and contributing to international disputes Municipal pollution comes from the eastern United States southern Brazil and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in the Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Lake Maracaibo Mediterranean Sea and North Sea; and industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in the Baltic Sea North Sea and Mediterranean Sea. . Tamarac Tri-Rail a commuter rail system operated by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) runs from Miami International Airport northward to West Palm Beach making eighteen stops throughout Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties, 3 Education 6.5 Flood control I-595.svg Interstate 595 (Port Everglades Expressway), About half of all Major League Baseball teams conduct spring training in the state with teams informally organized into the "Grapefruit League" Throughout MLB history other teams have held spring training in Florida. 5.5 Mangrove and Coastal prairie 6.1 List, 3.1 Population Modes: importing and exporting tourism and transportation licensing and franchising turnkey operations management contracts direct investment and portfolio investments! The Student Government Association presides over and funds the over 300 student clubs and organizations and honor societies at the university and has an operating budget of over $14 million the Student Government Association is split into three branches with the Executive a Legislative Student Senate and Judicial Supreme Court Due to the unique nature of a multi-campus university the president of Modesto Maidique Campus (University Park) serves as the student representative on the university's board of trustees while the president for the Biscayne Bay Campus serves as a member of the Foundation Board, Seminole The Community Mental Health Clinic (CMHC) is a training clinic on the campus of Albizu University in San Juan Puerto Rico an active clinic that provides culturally sensitive mental health services to low income and minority clients in San Juan and surrounding communities CMHC also serves as a practicum and internship site for Albizu University graduate students! On August 7 and 8 1968 coinciding with the 1968 Republican National Convention rioting broke out in the black Liberty City neighborhood which required the Florida National Guard to restore order Issues were "deplorable housing conditions economic exploitation bleak employment prospects racial discrimination poor police-community relations and economic competition with Cuban refugees.".:iv Overcrowding due to the near-destruction of the black Overtown neighborhood was also a factor, Olympia Heights, Hillsboro Pines 4.3 Gyres ?SF ?F? F?S ???
Miami attracts a large number of musicians singers actors dancers and orchestral players the city has numerous orchestras symphonies and performing art conservatories These include the Florida Grand Opera FIU School of Music Frost School of Music and the New World School of the Arts. Public transportation 7 History, 2 Geology 7.5 Air crashes 7 Florida Power and Light Co. 3,011. . .
Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman PSC